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Table 3 t-test of group–mean differences in qualification measures among three types of job search behaviors, CGSS Urban Section, 2003

From: A third type of job search behavior: the use of the formal-informal joint channel in matching individual qualifications with hiring requirements in urban China

Job seeker’s characteristics

Formal only-informal only

Joint use-formal only

Joint use-informal only

Education

0.37a

0.217 b

0.587a

(0.115)

(0.111)

(0.132)

Party membership

0.076a

−0.029c

0.047a

(0.012)

(0.011)

(0.012)

Years of work experience

−0.149

0.717b

0.568

(0.345)

(0.320)

(0.408)

Father's highest education

−0.392b

0.937a

0.545c

(0.169)

(0.157)

(0.199)

Father's party membership

−0.006

0.059a

0.052c

(0.016)

(0.015)

(0.020)

  1. aSignificant at 0.1 %
  2. bSignificant at 5 %
  3. cSignificant at 1 %